Cash-register attachment.



PATBNTEB APR. 30, 190?.

P. L, SHELDON. CASH REGISTER ATTACHMENT.

APRLIGATIGH FILED MAR. 30, 1906.

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No. 862,352. PATHTED APR. 30, 1907.

F L. SHELDON. CASH REGISTER ATTAGHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR, 30. 1906.

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PATENTBD APR. 30 190? E. LVSEELDOE,

CASH REGISTER ATTACHMENT.

A?PLIUATIO 2mm: as. a0, 1906,

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ina Swims witneoou X0, 852,352 PATENTBD APR. 36; 1981 P. L. SHELDON.CASH REGISTER. ATTACHMENT.

AFPLIGATIOK FILED MgkE. 30, $38G 6 SHEETS-SHEET =1.

. 'm QSLMM w; I mwnudmwu M Sam No. 852,362. PATENTBQAPR 30, 1907.

R sgELmN. sass REGISTER ATTACHMENT.

AfYLiGATIQH {ILBD MAR. 30. 1906.

6 SEEETS-SHEET 5 Na. 852,352. PATENTED AER, 30, 1907. FQL SHELDON.

CASH REGISTER ATTACHMENT. APPLIG'ATIUN FILE-i MAR. so 1906.

3 SEEETSSHBBT 6 attozmuts FRED L. SHELDUN, OF TACGMA, WASIHNG'ION.

CASH-REGlSTER ATTCHMENT.

Applicutien fiiali jim ii' lh'flb (.ioncernr imown that i, FRED 1.; Sima; Ciiioill of the Limited States, residing at Tasome, in 511% (minty ofPierce and State of \iasiiingion, have invented certain new: and useiuiimprovements in Cash-Regime! Attachments; and i do hereby declare thefoiiowing to li( a full, elem", am? exaet deieri ion of theinveniimysueli as will e1 hie others skilled in the art. to whieh itappertaim in make and use the same.

This invention Felines to im iroveiiienis lo register attm-lunents andmore artieu- Specification of Bazaars Eatent.

liirly i0 phonogrzipiiie attachments, or easli IPglSlIlH.

The invention eompi'ises plionogmpliie means for produeiiig verbal S)UH(iE,'UI)U11 the operation of the keys loeaieil on Elm sash 21 lsierpropel. V

It also comprises means for prociueing elifl'vrent uuiiiiile sounds asmay be desired, upon operating: the (ash regiuter keys.

The invemiou also comprises a. series of Q'Jliiliiilljg' Piil'ih'located at any eoin'eiiieiil plme on the usual cash register Uni hm in leoiajuneiion therewith a. stylus aiul roe-on! for Plmnlifi Fig (IiizilRUUHL'is.

The invemiou also further comprises memm f for proi'iueing :1 qua-k,verbal sound or an up i proximately slow, \ti'iRl-i sound as mu lre 5desiiml upon {lie operation of the keys in 1' mm? iii the was]; regisierproper.

The object in view is ilze produeiiun of meu'is for produeing verliaisounds upon the operation of the keys ioeiited in the lmmi (L-Eilregister.

ziotiier ohieei is (he ploiiueiion of me sing i'llii t'i'llli vei'balannouneement on miion of the different ix'PYS of iiie K335i iegisiei'.

fies"? lie; olzjeet in View is the proiiiiei of if gilionograpilieattachment; for '2 IQgiFiPW Elm! will give a quick or siow veiizziiQLIIII JUIH'(iiiijli upon the opemiion of {in of l [he iie m of {he(:lSii register. 7

A iili furiiim l'eiijeei is {he proiim'iioli oi ii .21551 n .ier:mnelnneln which is aiiiipte 5o prodiaw wrlml announeen enis iii thoifliiifl" iime that the visual announeeiiieiiis i l l l muiouneementsilf'iil the ViSiHLi' annomieel iiieiiis iiai'e Ewen i'lispiayed.

With fiiesemiii further objeois in view. the invention mmprises certainnovel eonst ruel 3 one] Patenteii Apfii 36, 193?. erial HO. 308,988-

eoinbinatiens iiziii will he hereiuafier i311 J- file aeeompanyingiirawiiig,Figure 1 er ieai section through an ozgiiiiary cash registerhaving one embodiment of my invention attached. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary,sew iional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is al'i'ag'ineniary, detail, sectional View on line 3-2 of Fig. I. Fig. 4 isa rear elevation of the cash register certiiin parts being removed toShow the construetion illili i'eiative position of my nttaehnlent iii!the mechanism of the register. Fig. 5 is an enlarged, detaii iew of theievoril, sounding board and surrounding parts, the i'eeorei being shownin its elevated position. Fig. 6 is an enizirg ed, detail View oi nrecord, sounding board and surrounding parts itii iilE record in iisiowez'eii position Pemiy to be operated upon. Fig. shows a rear eiemtionofn. flash regixter with 21 modifieaiion of my invention nthzehediiaereio, parts living broken away to Show the reiative position of myiuw-iuion working: puffs oi' the register. Fig. 5 is :L iiOi i'lii iiieai, seetionui vie showing Emu my moiii. iiorm of reuonl is operatedby the cash key. Fig. 5) is anothernimliiiezi Lion of HiiHIlSfUT ogrei'uiing the record of my iitiaehment. Fig. 1U is 3, still furthermodiiieuiion of means for operating the i'LrtUI'll. Fig. ii is 21detail. irngmeuuu' sectional ;'Vie=v of lie record and surrounding Paristaken on line 1, 40115;". ll). Fig. 121ml side e iiaioii ol' :1mmlilieil l'orm of record 1110V- i... mnism. Fig. M is a i'efi ieniseellioii line 5, .5 of Fig. 12. Fig. ii is an elevati n oi' the pawlmim ing liiSix' iiiiovm in iew 12 and is, iiH disk being pieiiu'eiiii'zinspiu'ent i in order io lieilei' rliselose ilze part3.

in the preferred emix'uiiment. of my inven- 5 tion, 1 imlieutes anordinary cash register.

and 2 the ordinary rod carrying the usuai visual signs or inilieaiions3. On tins visual sign or indicator 3 is located :1 record of tile usuaii i-e12 ki'zown type. Conlaetiilg with the i'eeoi'ils earricd by thesesigns or dis.- pia cards 3; is a stylus 4 attached to an ordinarysoiiiiiiing board 5, 5, foiiransmittiug soimi'i to the discharge born 6through a system of piping 7, T, as: will be observed from Fig. 1, whenone of he keys of the cash register is depressed for releasing thelocking mechanism of the drawer, the usual sign of guides l5 uncommon toall t 2 views.

24 will begin to revolve slowlynnder the force exerted upon it by thespring 26 and thus force upward the record 3, which is at this momentcontacting with the stylus 4. Secured to the record 3 is a bracket orarm .27 which has formed therein a slot 28 through which a boil or othersecuring means as 29 is passed and secured to the lever 23. By thisconstruction of bracket and slot therein the record 3 may he ullowcdtopscillate or swing into and out of contact with the stylusd so as tocause a sound to he emitted only when the record is traveling upward.The spring 26 is made of suitable strength to causethe disk 24. torevolve slowly and thus force the record 3 slowly past the stylus 4 andin this way produce vrrhal sounds slowly or in as rapid succession asmay be desired. The spring 26 may be either strengthened or weakened toiurrcase the speed of the travel of the record 3 or if desired, othermeans may be employed for dampingthe etfectpl" the rotation of the disk24 as for instance a list spring 24 in frictional contact with the sideof the disk .24. The disk 24 is preferably provided with a number ofapertures upon which it may be mounted so as to increase or decrease thethrow of the record 3.

A still further modification within the spiritof this invention will beseen disclosed in Fig. 10. In this figure the stylus 4, sounding board 5and wheel 10 to other with gte e modification consists in the particularway in which the record is operated. In this view the record 3 isprovided with the bracket 27 i and connected to an operating arm 30 bymeans of the bolt 29. Lever or arm 30 is pivoted so as to have thegreater weight atthe end 0 posits the record. On the end oppo- I site tto record is located a. connection 31 which connects the lever '30 withthe usual key of the cash register. This connection is pivoted at 32 sothat. when the key of'thc register is opcratedthe lever 30 will he pivoted so as to raise the connection 31, and depress the record 3. When theconnection 31 is raised to its highest position, the key of the registerwill slide oil' the under portion of the connection 31 which will permitthe lever 30 to resume its original position. The lever 30 'iS-Somounted on its pivot as to have more weight on the end to which Ill issecured, so that when the key oi the register is out of contacttherewith. it will immediately begin to descend and consequently tolulr't! ug'iward the record 3. The speed of the travel of the record aswill he observed may he regulated by the position of the pivot 32% so togive morl or less weight on the end of the lever on which the connection.31 is positioned?" By tbisconstructionthe record may he so regulated asto give it quick or slow sound asmay be desired and also so as not tointerfere in any way with the operation of the rods 2 ol' the usualmechanism of the register.

In order to make the record 3 travel a longer or shorter distance, it isonly necessary to move the pivot 33 toward or away from the record, thespring 30 assisting: the weight to raise the record ii to its originalposition. This spring 30' is so positioned near the end opposite theconnection 31 as to hear upon the lever 30 in case a longer throw isdesired to be given to the record 3 and it is undesirable to increasethe weight of the end of the lever carrying the connection 31.

In Figs. l2, l3 and 14, l show another form of means for operating therecord Hi. In this modification, the record ill is lll lf'llittl upon a.cylinder 554 in an convenient manner. The cylinder 34 is keyed orotherwise rigidlvseci red to a sleeveflfi, so that when the said s coveis revolved. the record will in l"!'ll he cat scd to pass lrcucath thestylus -l. Higidly secured to one side of the cylinder 34 is a ratchetwheel 37, which is engaged by a pawl 38 for permitting it, together withthe record, to revolve in but one direction. 'lhc ratchet wheel 37 ispreferably made with u coucavcd or cut-out portion 38' in whichis-located another ratchet wheel 41 which is also rigidly connected withthe cylinder 34. in factthe preferred construction of these three parts,cylinder 34, ratchet wheel 37 and ratchet wheel 41 is to make them ofone solid piece of material. In such case no sleeve would he necessaryunless to prevhntwcar. On the outside of ratchet wheel 41, or the solidcylinder, composed of the three parts ahove referred'to, and notconnected with them, but acting separatel and revolving upon shaft 17is'disk 39. his disk 39 carries any saitahle number of'pawls as {l0which arespring pressed and normally tend to engagc thc ratchet wheel41, which is rigidlysecurcd to V the cylinder 34, as above stated.Attached todisk 39 is a spiral spring 43. This spring is secured at, oneend to the shaft l-Iwhichis stationary, and at the other end to thediskv 39. Thus when the disk 39 is revolved in onedireotion, the spring43 will he brought under tension and when it is released, thespringwillrevolve the disk 35 with its pawls 40 in the opposite direction. Thepawls 40 then engage the teeth of the ratchet 41 and revolve the samecarryini; with it the cylinder or record carrying drum 34. served fromFig. 12, the pawis 40 are positioned on the quarter, that is, in sech amannor as to permit one of the said pawls to engage one of the teeth onthe ratchet wheel 41 while the pawl first hack of the engaging pawl ispositioned a slight distance from the tooth which it tends mortgage. Theremaining pawls are positioned still further back from the teeth whichthey tend to engage. The pawls 40 are positioned in this manner As willhe ohregister.

so as to he eapa le of engaging the ralehet l number of other Ways ofholdinp the record wheel -l.1 at ronica ly any point and th' n s lstantiallv overeomim tUH' lost notion.

Upon the ratchet wheel 37 is positioned any snitahle nmhler oflroieetion ll spared prel'eraly an equal distance a nrl. and are adaptedto he engaged ljy 'roirrtion 4.3 loriiwll integral with a lever ill,which is op erated by the usual key neehnnisin of a easl 'lhis'lever it)is pivotal y see'red at. 47 t0 the disk 39, and when revolved "Ion thepivot 47, engages the leg or proieetion 48 after it has traveled a. lliit nt tlislinmin di engage the lug 4 t t the proieetion. 4 I. When thelever It; has i-o'i'e into contact with the rroiertion 48, it wil on itsFrther npwartl travel. revolve the dish 3!! in sneh a llll't(lll)ll asto lJi'llILf mule!" torsion the ;-|)lll g 43. Upon the end of the low-rH5. is positioned a suitable onrettir link 3i whieh is pix otallysecured thereto in any eonveniont manner. When the ineehanisn'i ol' thecash register is operated, it will l on e the lever -lti upwardlv untilthe (juE-Hflt'iut] 3] falls oll of the end of the cash register meelnanism. The lever then will drop into the position shown in Fig. 1'2 andwill prevent the ratrhet 3T whieh is set iil('(l to the record carryingdrnm, from re'coltiig more than at certain predeterminetl distame bymeans of the interposition of the h e 45, so as to come into eontartwith one of the llLfS ll. When the lever -16 drops to its lowered position, the disk 39 is thus released and allowed to he revolved in theeeverse direction by the spring 43. When it hegins to revolve order theforce of said sprirg, tho pawls ll) will engage the rat: het Wiltll lland revolve the same and earryirg with it lheeylirder or record carryingdrum 34 until stop )ed by too intert'eption oi proiez'tion 45 witn log44. From this conslrntlion, it will he evident, that any number ofstatements may he placed upon the reeoril and sounds transmittedtherefrom as may he desired. [is shown in the drawings, orly l'ozirexpressions will he uttered upon the operation ol lltt ensh registermechanism. ln case more or less expressio1ts are desired to lie ilai edon the re: oral. 11

larger or smaller nnm :er of h rs -l-l will he provided; Dish lhi shownin Flif. l-t is plated on the outside ol rateizet wheel ll, lnit it hinthe eon/wire portion of rnlehet wlzeil 37. ll. lit-z there sin ely.'lite pawls 4t] are on the inside of said disk Jill standing in thesnlno iositioi: as shown in the drawn 15s. in lzoth higs. l2 and ll thisdisk 3%) is pi: tired as transparent to show the positions of the pawls4t) anilraichet wheel H.

l have tllHt lusedtlu' )Nftll'ttl form of constrin'lion and means l orlll'ulltltlltf the results set l'orth lllll as will he evident morecharges and modiliintimrs may i e made without depzntiie' from thespirit. of t e invention. For instance, there may he lt against thestylus on its upward travel, as well as (lillerent ways for holding thesame l'romeontaeting with its downward travel. Also it is e\ iilent thatother ways for rousing a retord to travel at a greater or less speed mayhe used than SPOt ilirallydisclosed in this npplii ation, hut stillwithin the C irit of the int ention. l shall consider myse fat lihertyto use these (I ill'erent, forms of minor changes and modifications allwithin the spirit of the invention and still be protected in the use ofi he some.

lltl\'lt a." now tl(tlllitl my inwniio r what i (lilllll as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent isr 'lineoml ieinlion with a rashIettisle! in): i. on plnnlit; ol' l(! \*-:ltl1t{\lttl loin-n1 'iI:1lloperat d, oi a phonograph tllilttlililtttl lotnprisirg n plnralil ol'rerorlls, and mean ionnet ting the keys with and to aetuate the records.i

2. The eomhination with a cash regist r Inning a plurality of keysadapted to be manually operated, of a phonograph attachment romprisir, alurahty of records equal ire" in nnmher the lievs, and means eonnerl ingthe keys. with 81H to minute the l'el't'tlilfi.

3. The combination with a cash register havirg a plnrnlit of ke'sadapted to be in annally operator of a lionograph attachment (omprisirea plura it Y of records, and means ronnet tire each of the keys with andlo operate one of the records 4. The romlination with t1 cash registerhaving a p nra'itv of ke s adapted to he manual-r operate ,of a plonograph at taehinent comprising a. plurality. of rotatable reeords,and means connecting the keys with and to actuate the records.

5. The eomtination with a cash register having a plura ity of ketsadapted to be manua'ly operated, of a phonograph attachment comprising aplurality of records; means conneciing the ke: s with and to actuate therecords, means engaging said reeortls for producing sound vilu'ntions,and

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}neans ndnpierl to d sengage the \'il:ralion' produc ng: means and therecords at times (5. The ('OH llHILlOII with a rash register having; apurailj o1" ke s adapted to i e nmn unit, operated, of a phonographnllnelllnellt comprising a purnil of reeor 's, llltzllla eonneelingr thehe s with nlnl lo munn lle records. means engaging said reeords' forprodneing sotnnl vilrations, and means ar'npted to rliseiwnge tle \ilration prodneing means and tire records (luring return movenient of tlierecords.

7. The eomlination with a rash register having a pura it 01 he s adaptedto he manually operated, of a phonograph attachment rompr s n; a phiraitj; of reeords. and means ('otmeeling each he; with and to nrLnate arecord independently of the other records.

